Freight Train Boogie Show #547

Posted on January 17, 2024 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #547 is a one-shot show featuring songs from new albums by Terry Klein, Gurf Morlix, Bonnie Montgomery, James Talley and more. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #547

Gregory Dwane – Wichita Falls Nostalgia for Nothing 
Owen Temple – Watch It Shine Rings on a Tree
Jenny Owen Youngs –  It’s Later Than You Think Avalanche 
Adam Hood – Buzzes Like Neon Different Groove
(mic break)
John Craigie feat. TK & The Holy Know-Nothings – Bones Pagan Church
Kathy Kallick Band – Just Lonesome Ol’ Me & The Radio The Lonesome Chronicles
Keegan McInroe – Talkin’ Site Unseen Blues Agnes
Will Hoge – Can I Be Country Too  (single)
Terry Klein – This Too Shall Pass  Leave The Light On
(mic break)
James Talley – If We Could Love One Another Bandits, Ballads and Blues
Ben Gage – Blue Bird Two Singing Songs  
Bonnie Montgomery – I Was Fine  River
John R. Miller – Press On  Heat Comes Down  
Gurf Morlix – Switchblade Smile Melt Into You
(mic break)
Tanner Usrey – Beautiful Lies w/Ella Langley  Crossing Lines


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(Jan. 16th, 2024)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #546 (Best of 2023)

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Bill Frater

FTB #546 features my favorite music of 2023 including songs by Iris Dement, Tim’ O’Brien, Jason Eady, Margo Cilker, Rodney Crowell, Tracy Nelson, Brennen Leigh, Brent Cobb, Taj Mahal, Marty Stuart and more! Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #546

Robbie Fulks – Old Time Music Is Here To Stay Bluegrass Vacation
Mighty Poplar – Let Him Go On Mama Mighty Poplar
Brennen Leigh – Running Out Of Hope, Arkansas Ain’t Through Honky Tonkin’ Yet
Jason Eady – Wayside Mississippi 
(mic break)
Tim O’Brien – Cup of Sugar  Cup of Sugar  
Iris DeMent – Warriors Of Love Workin’ on a World
Brent Cobb – Devil Ain’t Done  Southern Star
Taj Mahal –  Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby Savoy
Tracy Nelson – Strange Things Happening Every Day Life Don’t Miss Nobody
(mic break)
Brandy Clark – Tell Her You Don’t Love Her Brandy Clark
Rodney Crowell – Everything At Once Chicago Sessions
Margo Cilker – I Remember Carolina Valley Of Heart’s Delight
Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives – Altitude Altitude
(mic break)
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway –  The First Time I Fell in Love City of Gold

Have a great holiday season! Also, here’s the links to some past FTB Christmas shows… 2012… 2014… 2016…2017… 2018….2019…. 2020
More recent FTB Christmas podcasts… 2022, 2021

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(Dec. 15th, 2023)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #545

Posted on December 4, 2023 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #545 is an end-of-year one-shot show featuring songs from new albums by Colin Cutler, Carrie Newcomer, Uncle Lucius and more. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #545

Pert Near Sandstone – Who To Choose  Waiting Days
Boy Golden – Aging Mr. Riley  For Jimmy  
Elise LeBlanc – I Like You  The Fiddle & The Fire
Colin Cutler –  Bad Man’s Easy Tarwater
(mic break)
Vinnie Paolizzi – Ahead Of Me The Vinnie Paolizzi LP
Carrie Newcomer – Take More Time Cover Less Ground A Great Wild Mercy 
Zach Russell – Milk & Honey Where the Flowers Meet the Dew 
Woody Woodworth & The Piners – The Ballad of Danny and Bobby Outlaws & Saints
Al Backstrom – Analog Guy Wild Colonial Boy  
(mic break)
Dori Freeman – Soup Beans Milk and Bread  Do You Recall
Dylan Gossett – Beneath Oak Trees No Better Time 
Uncle Lucius – Keep Singing Along Like It’s The Last One Left  
Blue Water Highway – Tears On A Hardwood Floor Year of the Dragon
Kerri Powers – Love Is Why Love Is Why 
(mic break)
Fred Eaglesmith & Tif Ginn – Christmas Is Whatever  A Christmas Card

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(Dec. 4th, 2023)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #544

Posted on November 9, 2023 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #544 is another great one-shot show featuring songs from new albums by Ross Cooper, Jaime Wyatt, Willy Tea Taylor, Jim Lauderdale and more. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #544

(intro bed) Tommy Emmanuel – Mombasa
Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley with Molly Tuttle  – John Deere Tractor   A Tribute To The Judds
Old Californio – Destining Again Metaterranea
Nora Jane Struthers – Back to Cast Iron  Back to Cast Iron 
Willy Tea Taylor & The Fellership – National Treasure The Great Western Hangover  
(mic break)
Jim Lauderdale and The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys – I’m Only So Good At Being Good The Long And Lonesome Letting Go
Tejon Street Corner Thieves – Can’t Remember Juxtaposition
Ross Cooper – Love Like The Old Days Lightning Heart 
Jaime Wyatt – World Worth Keeping  Feel Good  
(mic break)
Alice Gerrard – Sun to Sun Sun to Sun
Charlie Mars – Times Have Changed  Times Have Changed
Suzy Bogguss – It All Falls Down to the River Prayin’ for Sunshine
The Howdies – Buddies  Howdies All Around
John Surge and The Haymakers – You’re So Right Almost Time
(mic break)
Kristen Grainger & True North – The Avalanche Fear of Falling Stars


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(Nov. 9th, 2023)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #543

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #543 features 2 new albums, Ozark Symphony by Kelly Hunt and Ray Bonneville‘s On The Blind Side. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #543

Kelly Hunt – Lost Highway Ozark Symphony
Ray Bonneville – The Way It Was Before On The Blind Side
Eric Bibb – Free Ridin’
Buffalo Nichols –  Love Is All The Fatalist 
(mic break)
The Steel Woods – The Man From Everywhere  On Your Time
The Carolyn Sills Combo – Muddy Water On The Draw  
The Panhandlers – Midland Jamboree Tough Country
Kelly Hunt – Take Me Back to Memphis Ozark Symphony
Ray Bonneville – Lucky Moon On The Blind Side
(mic break)
Jason Hawk Harris – Jordan and the Nile  Thin Places
HeavyDrunk – Love & Devotion  You Don’t Know Me
Whitney Rose – Can’t Remember Happiness Rosie
Jon Byrd – These Days All Your Mistakes
Sado-Domestics – Winter Coating  Beach Day In Black And White
(mic break)
Kelly Hunt – What About Now Ozark Symphony
Ray Bonneville – Oh The Night Is Long On The Blind Side

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(Oct. 25th, 2023)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #542

Posted on October 5, 2023 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #542 features 2 new albums, Queen of Time by Lindsay Lou and Jeff Plankenhorn‘s Alone At Sea. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #542

Lindsay Lou – Queen of Time Queen of Time
Jeff Plankenhorn – Do A Little Dancing  Alone At Sea 
The Wood Brothers –  Someone For Everyone   Heart is the Hero  
Brent Cobb – Southern Star Southern Star
(mic break)
Viv & Riley – Sauvie Island Imaginary People
Steep Canyon Rangers – Fare Thee Well, Carolina Gals Morning Shift
Rodney Crowell – Lucky  Chicago Sessions
Lindsay Lou – Nothing’s Working  w/Billy Strings Queen of Time
Jeff Plankenhorn – Flat Tire  Alone At Sea
(mic break)
Charles Wesley Godwin – West of Lonesome Family Ties
Buddy & Julie Miller – Niccolo  In The Throes  
Jarrod Dickenson – If You’re Looking Big Talk
Goldpine – Land of Rolling Hills Two
(mic break)
Jeff Plankenhorn – Alone At Sea Alone At Sea
Lindsay Lou – Nothing Else Matters Queen of Time



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(Oct. 5th, 2023)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #541

Posted on September 15, 2023 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #541 features 2 new albums, Whiplash by Jobi Riccio and Appaloosa Bones by Gregory Alan Isakov. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #541


Gregory Alan Isakov – Before The Sun Appaloosa Bones
Jobi Riccio – Sweet Whiplash
Dom Flemons – If You Truly Love Me Wildfire
Margo Cilker – Keep It On A Burner Valley Of Heart’s Delight
(mic break)
Sleepy Jean – That’s Ok, That’s Alright  Shoot Me in a Dream
Nathan Mongol Wells –  In Years From A Dark Corner
Slaid Cleaves – Terlingua Chili Queen Together Through the Dark
Gregory Alan Isakov – One Day Appaloosa Bones
Jobi Riccio – Whiplash Whiplash
(mic break)
Philip Bowen – Old Kanawha  Old Kanawha
String Cheese Incident – One More Time Lend Me A Hand
Eilen Jewell – Crooked River Get Behind the Wheel
Nick Shoulders – Won’t Fence Us In All Bad
Logan Ledger – All The Wine In California Golden State
(mic break)
Gregory Alan Isakov – Watchman Appaloosa Bones
Jobi Riccio – Kinder To Myself Whiplash
Jimmy Buffett – Havana Daydreamin‘


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(Sept. 15th, 2023)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #540

Posted on August 30, 2023 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #540 features 2 new albums, Greener Pastures by The Waymores, and Headwinds from The Kennedys. Also new music from and more! Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #540

The Waymores – Time To Ramble Greener Pastures
The Kennedys – Sacramento Headwinds 
The Shootouts – I’ll Never Need Anyone More Stampede
Turnpike Troubadours –  Chipping Mill  A Cat in the Rain
(mic break)
The Clements Brothers – Dandelion Breeze Dandelion Breeze
The Two Tracks – The Push and the Pull  It’s a Complicated Life 
Robbie Fulks – Longhair Bluegrass Bluegrass Vacation
The Waymores –  Flashbacks Of A Fool Greener Pastures
The Kennedys – New Set of Wheels Headwinds
(mic break)
Old Crow Medicine Show – Miles Away  Jubilee
Mustangs of the West – Precious To Me  Sea of Heartbreak
Jono Manson – Before We Get Stupid Stars Enough To Guide Me
The Pleasures –  The Beginning Of The End The Beginning Of The End
William Matheny – Grand Old Feeling That Grand, Old Feeling
(mic break)
The Waymores – Don’t Worry Greener Pastures
The Kennedys – Donna Headwinds

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(Aug. 30th, 2023)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #539

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #539 features 2 new albums, Beth Bombara‘s It All Goes Up and Between Two Worlds by Evan Charles. Also new music from and more! Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #539

Evan Charles – Remember When Between Two Worlds 
Beth Bombara – Moment  It All Goes Up 
Wylie & the Wild West –  Birch Creek Bunchgrass
Ed Snodderly & The Shoestring Seven – Chimney Smoke  Chimney Smoke
(mic break)
Darrell Scott String Band – Kentucky Morning Old Cane Back Rocker
Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs –  Give It Up Coyote
American Aquarium –  Chicamacomico Chicamacomico
Evan Charles – Time to Move On Between Two Worlds
Beth Bombara – Get On It All Goes Up
(mic break)
Ryan Bingham –  Where My Wild Things Are  Watch Out For The Wolf EP
Jason Eady – Way Down in Mississippi Mississippi 
Iris DeMent – The Sacred Now Workin’ on a World
Cordovas – Sunshine The Rose of Aces
(mic break)
Evan Charles – Left Behind Between Two Worlds
Beth Bombara – Lonely Walls It All Goes Up



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(Aug. 15th, 2023)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #538

Posted on July 24, 2023 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #538 features 4 new albums, artists include Shinyribs, Miles Miller, The Arcadian Wild, and Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #538

The Arcadian Wild – Dopamine Welcome
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway –  Where Did All the Wild Things Go? City of Gold 
Miles Miller – Highway Shoes Solid Gold 
Shinyribs – Simply Belong To You Transit Damage
(mic break)
Colter Wall – Corralling the Blues Little Songs
Dale Watson – Starvation Box Starvation Box
Miko Marks & The Resurrectors – The Other Side Feel Like Going Home
Lukas Nelson & POTR – Sticks and Stones Sticks and Stones
Al Staehely – Something Good is Gonna’ Happen Somewhere In West Texas
(mic break)
Shinyribs – Kind Transit Damage
Tracy Nelson – Life Don’t Miss Nobody Life Don’t Miss Nobody
Mike Miz – Hell in the Hallway Only Human 
Leftover Salmon – Fire And Brimstone Grass Roots
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway – Next Rodeo City of Gold 
(mic break)
Miles Miller – Where Daniel Stood Solid Gold
The Arcadian Wild – Lara Welcome

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(July 24th, 2023)
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